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Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
For full details please see What's On
Open Day.Ipswich Minster
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
National 12-bell Striking Contest Final.Bristol St Mary Redcliffe
SW District Practice.Nayland (6)
SE District Quarter Peal Day.Ashbocking area
Annual Veterans' Afternoon.Debenham (8)
NW District Practice.St Nicholas, Oakley (6), IP21 4BW
NE District Outing.
Surprise Major Practice.Aldeburgh
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
SW District Striking Competition.Little Cornard (6)
SE District Outing.
NW District Outing.
NE District Quarter Peal Day.
Royal Greenwich Observatory founded.
VJ Day.
Beccles 10 Bell Practice.
Captain Matthew Webb swam the English Channel.
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
SE District Ringing.Stutton St Peter, IP9 2SD (6, 11-2-17, good going order, tower ring)
NW District Striking Competition.St Leonard, Horringer (6), IP33 2EX
Surprise Major Practice.Offton
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.Barham, St Mary & St Peter, IP6 0PT
Stockton and Darlington Railway opened.
SE District Ringing.Pettistree ( 6, 7-3-13, excellent going order, ground floor ring)
NW District Annual Meeting.Fornham St Martin (8), IP31 1ST
Beccles 10 Bell Practice.
ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope session.TBC
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall